BlockYates, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wibaux census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59353. The Survey maps it on the Wibaux quadrangle. It stands 2,782 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Wibaux quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Wibaux quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Yates between 2017 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wibaux County | CARLYLE - WIBAUX |
| 21 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wibaux County | MM244 - WIBAUX |
| 21 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wibaux County | YATES - WIBAUX |
| 21 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wibaux County | NORTH MM244 - WIBAUX |
| 31 July 2020 | Natural | 13 acres | Wibaux County | PONDEROSA - WIBAUX |
| 2 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | PARKER |
| 2 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Eastern Land Office | MINGUS |
| 10 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wibaux County | BEAVER CREEK - WIBAUX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wibaux | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Phillip | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Been (historical) | 18.0 miles | 7 | |
| Carlyle | 20.6 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Yates | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8050201 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802243. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.